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Shell keeps protected the Motte and Bailey from fire and other destructive things. They went around the Castles, like a protection structure.

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Was a type of castle made out of wood. However this was not good because the structure was vulnerable to fire. So they built shell keeps to protect the castle within a stone wall or shell.

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Some walls of the castles were used for Battle Platforms. Sometimes the opposing side would make the smell of food go over the walls so that they would surrender due to hunger.

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Sometimes there was  not enough food for the people inside  so they ate the horses.

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Mostly each castle had 2 purposes, they were homes to the lords and also they were used as a fortification. There were different types of castles. There were Motte and Bailey, Shell Keep, and Concentric Castles. Each had a different purpose

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Attack, Taunt the Enemy, Dig Under the Walls, Catch the Enemy by Surprise, Defend, Keep the Morale. These are the steps to the seiging of a castle.

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One benefit of the castle is that some parts of the wall are 17 feet thick. A benefit of the other side is that people can dig under the wall, as an alternative to climbing over the wall.

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One of the more obvious purposes was to provide a shelter for the royal or upper class family. Fortification and to be the home of a lord are also some purposes.

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The concentric castles are castles built with an outer wall around the curtain wall.